Ruthless Lian Erye in the Red Chamber

Lin Ruhai stepped into the small courtyard with a respectful attitude. This is a secluded courtyard in the Lin Mansion. For more than ten days, the prince Situ Xu stayed in the courtyard alone with Jia Lian, not knowing what to do, but he was blocked by the prince's order. Those Jiangnan officials who came to meet the prince, now, it is finally time for him to come to see him.

When Lin Ruhai walked through the courtyard, he saw Jia Lian sitting on the stone chair beside him with a blank expression on his face. When he saw him coming in, he didn't lift his head. He wiped his sword piously and carefully. Lin Ruhai paused in his footsteps. , I think it is better to go to visit the prince first, and looking at Jia Lian's appearance, I think now is not a good time to go up and disturb him.

"Sir, Lin Ruhai, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness." Wearing an official uniform, Lin Ruhai knelt on the ground and performed a standard official salute to Situ Xu as soon as he entered the room.

Situ Xu nodded, and looked at Lin Ruhai's actions with satisfaction: "Get up, Master Lin."

Only then did Lin Ruhai stand up, slightly raised his head to look at Situ Xu, who was seated above, but his face turned pale, but he looked quite energetic. Could it be that he was just unacceptable before?

Situ Xu glanced at Ke Liqiu who was standing behind him, and looked at Lin Ruhai with a smile: "Master Lin, thanks to Mr. Lin's care, I'm lonely during this time." Lin Ruhai quickly bowed and said that he didn't dare. , stopped Lin Ruhai's words, and continued: "Master Lin, you don't have to be humble. You know in your heart that it is not a simple matter to block those officials, big and small, from the south of the Yangtze River. If you are not careful, you will offend your colleagues. "Situ Xu raised his hand, took a few sips slowly from the teacup on the side, he hadn't had such sweet tea for a long time, and drinking it now, it was like drinking nectar: ​​"Since Master Lin helped you Once Gu is gone, Gu has to repay Master Lin, Master Lin just asks, what do you want Gu to reward you?"

When Lin Ruhai heard it, he felt that what Situ Xu said touched his heart, but he couldn't say it clearly: "It's my honor to be able to do something for His Royal Highness, and I dare not Presumptuous demands."

The corners of Situ Xu's mouth curled up. He knew clearly the twists and turns of the officialdom, but he had spent too much time with Jia Lian recently, so he was naturally affected a bit. He was too lazy to deal with Lin Ruhai at this time. He put down his teacup and cut straight to the point. : "Master Lin just mention it, as long as it is within the scope of Gu's ability, Gu will naturally help Master Lin to do it. Similarly, if Master Lin is so modest, Gu will only think that the Lord really has nothing to ask for. Then Apart from being happy with your loyalty, I will not do you any favors."

Lin Ruhai froze for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Situ Xu, looked at Situ Xu's half-smile eyes, and didn't know what Situ Xu meant, but when he thought of his current situation, Lin Ruhai could only grit his teeth and knelt down again. On the ground: "I beg His Royal Highness to fulfill the previous promise to the lower officials."

Situ Xu nodded: "Naturally, since I have promised my lord, I will naturally do it for my lord. I will choose a day to return to Beijing and report everything to my father."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly kowtowed to thank her, thought for a while, and then said: "Please His Highness the Crown Prince, please give me a few nuns in the palace. The next official has a daughter who just lost her mother not long ago. The eldest daughter does not marry, and the lower officials hope that the younger daughter can become a real lady of the family under the guidance of the foster mother."

Situ Xu raised his eyebrows. Before coming to Lin Ruhai, he had already investigated Lin Ruhai's background, and he knew about his loss of wife and sending his daughter to Rongguo Mansion: "I remember, Master Lin's daughter has already been sent to the Rongguo Mansion." Did you go to the Rong Mansion in the capital? The old lady in the Rong Mansion will naturally teach her, so why should Mrs. Lin worry about it?" Situ Xu sneered, "This old lady came from a historian, and she is a superhero. Mrs. Pin Guogong, raising a daughter is naturally better than ordinary nuns, so why should your lord come to ask Gu for help?"

Lin Ruhai felt bitter, this Shi Taijun clearly wanted to destroy his family Yu'er, if he let Yu'er get in touch with the Rong Mansion again, he still doesn't know what Yu'er will become in the future?When Lin Quan came back, he had already reported to himself that Yu'er and Baoyu from the Rong Mansion lived one in the Bisha cabinet and the other outside the Bisha cabinet. Xu Sui is eight years old, and his Yu'er is also seven years old. As the saying goes, men and women have different seats at seven years old, and her family's Yu'er will be completely ruined if this continues.

Lin Ruhai immediately snorted again: "Your Highness, I don't know, this Rong Mansion has always had bad rules, and the upbringing of the little girl is naturally not as good as the nuns in the palace. The lower officials have sent someone to bring the little girl back not long ago."

"That is to say, even Lord Lin, the son-in-law of the Rong Mansion, thinks that the rules of the Rong Mansion are not good, so Taijun Shi's rules are not good?"

Lin Ruhai froze for a moment, thought over Situ Xu's words several times in his head, gritted his teeth, and lowered his head: "Chen, I really think so."

"Okay," Situ Xu clapped his hands: "Ke Liqiu, go, write down what Master Lin said and let Master Lin mark it down." He watched Lin Ruhai look up at him in a daze, and the smile on his face was even bigger: "Master Lin Don't worry, Gu will help you fulfill your request."

Lin Ruhai looked at the paper that the guard handed to him, and after a few short sentences, feeling helpless, he still raised his hand to sign his name.

Situ Xu's smile deepened.

Jia Lian walked into the room and saw Situ Xu looking at the paper in his hand triumphantly. Thinking of Lin Ruhai going out in a trance just now, he shook his head. He has a strong inner strength, so naturally he heard what happened in the room clearly. It's to vent your anger on yourself: "You don't have to be like this. I don't feel wronged by the Jia family, and if you really clean up for me, I think those people from the Jia family will come to you again."

"Why, are you afraid?" Situ Xu raised his eyebrows.

"No, I'm annoying." Jia Lian replied truthfully.

Situ Xu smiled: "Don't worry, I won't let them bother you. You have a reputation of being unfilial. Even if you don't care about it yourself, you have to think about your daughter. You don't want her to look for you in the future." If you don’t come to a good husband’s house, look at that Lin Ruhai, even if he sent his daughter to the capital, it’s for her sake, right? You should also think about your Yu’er.”

Jia Lian nodded: "Then you can do it, I don't care."

Such a casual tone surprised Ke Liqiu who was standing aside.

But Situ Xu was very happy: "Don't worry, you don't like things about the court, I will not force you, but if I make friends with you, you must not be an unfilial person."

Jia Lian sneered: "After all, it's for your reputation."

"That's right," Situ Xu nodded in recognition: "It's for Gu's reputation, and it's also for your reputation, isn't it?" Situ Xu's face became a little more serious: "Gu needs a good reputation."

Hearing this, Jia Lian glanced at him, nodded, and said nothing.

Lin Daiyu had met Jia Lian before, and had been with Jia Lian for a while, but at that time Lin Ruhai was dissatisfied with Jia Lian and told her to have less contact with Jia Lian, and Jia Lian was also cold-tempered, and stayed in her room for several months in Beijing. They seldom meet each other, but this time, Lin Ruhai personally brought him to visit Jia Lian, which made Lin Daiyu a little confused.

Lin Daiyu bowed her head for a salute, then looked up at Jia Lian. Compared with before, Jia Lian's body was obviously less cold, and she looked a lot more restrained and gentle, which surprised Lin Daiyu a little. She turned her head and looked at His father greeted Jia Lian respectfully, and his heart was even more different.

"Nephew, this is Yu'er. I went to Beijing before, thanks to my nephew's care." Lin Ruhai pulled Lin Daiyu forward and introduced her to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian had already seen Lin Daiyu next to Lin Ruhai. She was beautiful and graceful, but she looked a little frail.

Well, Jia Lian didn't have much interest in admiring beauties, and Lin Daiyu was still young, so she wasn't considered a beauties, but she had some faint shadows of beauties.

Jia Lian nodded, "We've met."

Yes, we have met, but not familiar with.

Lin Ruhai's expression froze for a moment, and he quickly smiled and said, "Yu'er has always wanted to thank my nephew because of the previous incident." As he spoke, he gently pushed Lin Daiyu forward: "Yu'er, thank you, Biao Lian." Brother's love for you at the pier."

Lin Daiyu's expression was a bit ignorant, but she still bowed her head in thanks. Jia Lian saw her expression and knew that she didn't understand what happened at the pier before. This person's handling of the world was worse than her own.

Jia Lian nodded, accepted Lin Daiyu's gift for a short time, and looked up at Lin Ruhai: "Her worldly skills are too bad."

Lin Ruhai understood, but was still a little dazed when Jia Lian said it so bluntly, and then nodded with a smile: "Extremely true."

After hearing Jia Lian's evaluation, Lin Daiyu had tears in her eyes, and there was already an expression of grievance on her face.

Jia Lian added: "The heart is even worse."

Lin Daiyu's body swayed, Lin Ruhai hurried forward to support Lin Daiyu, her expression was a little stiff.

"The worst body."

Lin Daiyu leaned in her father's arms, if it wasn't difficult to cry in front of outsiders, she would like to cry wronged now.

Jia Lian looked at the appearance of the father and daughter, and shook his head: "If you blindly rely on others and wait for others' charity, how can you live well. Only when you are strong enough can you withstand the wind and rain from the outside world."

Lin Daiyu was taken aback, thinking of her previous days in Jia's mansion. Although her cousin Baoyu and the sisters treated her very well, the servants and gossip in Rong's mansion made her suffer so much. The pain of "swords, frost and swords pressing each other hard", thinking about it this way, felt sad, and in front of Jia Lian, he lay down in Lin Ruhai's arms and began to cry in a low voice.

Jia Lian looked at Lin Daiyu's crying back, and looked up at Lin Ruhai. Lin Ruhai had dissatisfaction, distress, and remorse on his face at this time. Jia Lian raised his eyebrows: "I just said that I don't need to bring her to visit me, I am no longer from the Jia family. , From the point of view of etiquette, she is not her cousin, she can't just see me as a foreigner casually." After saying that, Jia Lian stood up and planned to go back.

Seeing that Jia Lian was leaving, Lin Ruhai patted Lin Daiyu on the back comfortingly: "I heard that nephew also has a daughter. Could it be that nephew treats his daughter like this as well?"

"Why not, my daughter has a strong heart and has already made a wish to me to practice swordsmanship and become the No. 1 female swordsmanship in the Daqing Dynasty." Jia Lian turned his head and gave Lin Ruhai a strange look: "I think it's better to do it The No.1 female swordsmanship of the Daqing Dynasty is better than being the number one swordsman in the world. Regardless of gender, as long as you work hard, you may not be able to achieve it." He looked at Lin Daiyu and added: "My daughter is already three years old. , I still know what I want, and I will not cry in my arms because of a few words. I think that even if I am not in good health, it is not an excuse for a person's lack of tenacity. Master Lin still needs to find more for her. It would be good to enlighten me with your example." After speaking, Jia Lian left without looking back.

Lin Daiyu's body froze in Lin Ruhai's arms, and after a long while, she crawled out of Lin Ruhai's arms.

Lin Ruhai quickly comforted her distressedly: "Yu'er doesn't need to take his words to heart, your body has never been well, you should take good care of it."

Lin Daiyu was stunned for a moment, feeling that Jia Lian's words made her father's comfort pale at this time, she bit her lip, and said, "Father, why don't you tell me about that too."

What to talk about, Lin Ruhai naturally knew what Lin Daiyu meant, he looked at Lin Daiyu's firm eyes, and smiled comfortingly: "Okay." He turned his head and glanced at the direction Jia Lian left: "This Jia Lian is also a rare person. It's true."

Situ Xu stayed in Lin's mansion until the end of the new year, allowing Jia Lian to take good care of his body. He also met many Jiangnan officials and wealthy businessmen through Lin Ruhai. What's more, he reached an agreement with Lin Ruhai to take It turned out that Lin Ruhai had many documents on Jiangnan officials.

At the end of November, Situ Xu led a group of people and returned to the capital by land on horseback, which was much faster.

Situ Xu frowned and looked at the corpses on the ground: "How come there are so many dead corpses on the way back?"

Jia Lian put away his sword, he was in charge of killing, and those guards were in charge of disposing of the corpse: "Maybe that person has already known about your recovery, which made him a little panicked."

Situ Xu sneered: "I don't know which master my good uncle, Lord Zhongshun, followed. I don't understand. Since I was established as the prince at birth, isn't it more likely to win than my brothers?"

"Throughout the ages, there are not many princes who can take the throne safely." Jia Lian said coldly.

"That's true," Situ Xu nodded: "The crown prince has always been a target." He smiled self-deprecatingly and looked at the sky: "I can return to Beijing in the afternoon. When I arrive in the capital, I will go directly to the palace. After you And you can go back."

Jia Lian nodded, and looked sideways at Situ Xu: "Do you still want me to take you to the gate of the palace?"

"Isn't it necessary? I don't want something to happen when I come to the palace."

"It's not good to kill people in the street," Jia Lian pulled the rein, "Let's go quickly." As he spoke, he went straight ahead.

Situ Xu snorted, shook his head, pulled the reins and followed, already thinking about what to say when he went back to visit his father.

Jia Lian came to Wangmei Villa on horseback. Looking at the plaque on the villa, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He got off his horse and knocked on the door. After a long time, a man hurriedly came from inside. The man's face was haggard. After that, he immediately knelt down on the ground as if he saw some kind of savior: "Villa Master, you have come back." Then, he turned his head and shouted into the villa: "Villa Master is back, Villa Master is back! .”

Jia Lian felt even more strange.

Then, Jia Lian heard hurried footsteps, and Jia She ran up to Jia Lian in a panic, as if to beat Jia Lian's body, but Jia Lian turned sideways to dodge slightly.

When Jia She saw it, he immediately sat down on the ground and burst into tears: "My poor Yu'er, my poor Yu'er."

Jia Lian frowned at Jia She's shameless expression, and looked up at Zhang Xi who was also haggard: "What's going on?"

Zhang Xi raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears: "Villa Master, three days ago, a group of people only broke into the villa, killed the prince's guards, and forcibly took the young lady away."

Jia Lian's body was cold, "What?"